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{{Short description|File format and help system for Java software}}
{{Infobox software
| name = JavaHelp
| logo =
| screenshot =
| caption =
| developer = [[Oracle Corporation]]
| released =
| latest release version = 2.0.05
| latest release date = May 2007
| latest preview version =
| latest preview date =
| discontinued = yes
| programming language = [[Java (programming language)|Java]]
| operating system = [[Cross-platform]]
| platform = [[Java Virtual Machine]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| website = {{url|https://github.com/javaee/javahelp/}}
}}

'''JavaHelp''' is both an application and a format for [[online help]] files that can be displayed by the JavaHelp browser. It is written in [[Java (programming language)|Java]], and is mainly used in Java applications. It can be used for any application and it does require the overhead of the [[Java Runtime Environment|JRE]] to load.

The file format is [[XML]].

The [[GUI]] uses a tri-pane layout, with a [[toolbar]] and [[Menu (computing)|menu]] at the top, navigation pane on the left, and content viewer on the right. The navigation pane includes searching, indexing, and a table of contents.

==License==
JavaHelp application used to come with the [[GPL linking exception|GNU General Public License with Classpath exception]]<ref name="agplv2">{{cite web
| url=https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a3c047a068bd7f99a3c515cd89e2a72645965ae799c3be5a8b9739f0@%3Cdev.netbeans.apache.org%3E
| title=Give JavaHelp a chance! was: Release Apache NetBeans 9.0 Alpha (incubating)
| quote=''Yes, NetBeans depends on JavaHelp and JavaHelp has been developed under GPLv2 with CP exception(...) Btw. there already is github.com/javaee/javahelp with CDDL license.''
| date=2017-11-08
| accessdate=2017-12-17}}</ref>

However, since the source code from JavaHelp was put on GitHub for [[Java Platform, Enterprise Edition|JavaEE]], the source code has been re-licensed to the [[Common Development and Distribution License]].<ref name="agplv2"/> However the source code files are still (mistakenly) under the GPLv2 with Classpath exception license<ref>{{cite web
| url=https://github.com/javaee/javahelp/issues/45
| title=CDDL or GPL license?
| website=[[GitHub]]
| date=2017-11-08
| accessdate=2017-12-17}}</ref>

== References ==
<references/>

[[Category:Software help]]
[[Category:Computer file formats]]

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